Corporate Governance Law 
Buchanan adds corporate health care duo – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Both Mr. Washlick and Mr. Milavec are leaving litigation-focused practice groups; both attorneys represent hospitals and large physician groups in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate governance … Buchanan’s health law practice, for …
Japanese business isn’t working: What would Shima do? – Japan Times
However, corporate governance reform is not a panacea. After all, corporate scandals and business meltdowns are not unusual at public companies in the United States despite strict securities laws, tough accounting standards, activist shareholders and …
Beware the boardroom blitz: can good corporate governance rescue Fairfax? – theconversation.edu.au
Nor, as Greg Medcraft of ASIC said last week, are attempts to gain control of a company without following the spirit of our takeover laws, which kick in once a shareholder owns 20% of a listed company. For a start, … Continue reading
Could the U.K.’s ‘Shareholder Spring’ Cross the Pond? – Wall Street Journal
But could similar uprisings take place in the U.S.? Slim chance, experts say. Blame it on culture or more lenient corporate governance laws, but American shareholders of U.S. firms simply don’t have as much pull, which means CEOs and boards … Continue reading
Worldwide Who’s Who names Michele McCarthy Professional of the Year in Corporate Law – 24-7PressRelease.com
Ms. McCarthy is a bilingual lawyer who has been in the legal field for 26 years. She has significant experience in leading and implementing strategic acquisitions, restructuring, risk management, and corporate governance for global financial service companies.
Corporate Campaign Spending Rights Affirmed by High Court – Bloomberg
22 states had laws banning or restricting spending by corporations and unions, according to a report this month by the Corporate Reform Coalition, made up of 75 organizations and individuals from good-governance groups, environmental groups and …
Anti-sleaze activist joins Aeroflot board – Financial Times
Dmitry Lobachev, of the Moscow-based law firm Yukov Khrenov and Partners … largely because of concerns about political risk and corporate governance. The stock market barely registered the move. By evening in Moscow, Aeroflot’s stock had slightly …
The Price of Inequality: Interview with Joseph E. Stiglitz – Rolling Stone
What would you include in that category? Education, investments in technology, infrastructure; and you have to start looking at our legal framework: anti-trust, corporate governance, financial regulations, tax laws that are riddled with …
Institutional investors apply more pressure to corporations – Seattle Times
Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware … The growth stemmed in part from an initiative by Harvard Law School’s Shareholder Rights Project. A series of recent management mishaps has given investors plenty …
Company directors’ self-dealing: A legal/economic perspective Part I – Zimbabwe Independent
Why is corporate governance in general and self-dealing in particular of concern to corporate law and Zimbabwe’s economy? The Role of Corporate Governance As in other economies, both developed and developing, the standards of corporate governance …
